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midwife

How many syllables in midwife?

  2 syllables

Divide midwife into syllables:   mid-wife
Primary syllable stress:   mid-wife
Secondary syllable stress:   mid-wife
How to pronounce midwife:   mid-wahyf
How to say midwife:

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